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Teekay, she has stunning blue eyes. she is beautiful

Teekay the water looks like glass. Beautiful

Week 12/52 A little food refusal training. Dee's ears really have a life of their own

Oh MDD, I am very sorry to hear about the passing of Fred. Ranga what a brilliant find. Absolutely gorgeous. Canetoad, I love the second action photo. Brilliant timing and focus. Way to go Kokoda. What a fantastic shot. Your little dogs seem to have heaps of personality denali, and have a great love of mischief. Brilliant.

OMG Jenna is certainly giving you "the eye". She is so not happy.

Ronin is living the life. Brilliant photos. :D

OMG that is hilarious. Good thinking Mac. Nobody would think of looking in the shower and you can wash it off before eating it.

Oh Huski I am so very sorry that Micha has gone. Huge hugs and condolences to you and your Mum. Rest In Peace Gorgeous Micha.

The disadvantage of owning a water loving dog means that you walk in all weather. However, Zeph usually goes naked because the strap can touch his boy bits and then it will be 6 kms before he pees properly

Sending heaps of positive vibes and calming thoughts to Micha and your family.

Kirislin, we have permission from council to have the dogs off lead while they are working in the water, and we have the area of the far beach roped off to stop the public walking through, but that does not always work. Our next water training day at Lilydale Lake will be on Sunday 29th March at 10am. You are welcome to come down and have a look. We are also holding a Giant Dog's Picnic Funday, which will be held at Lilydale Lake from 10.30am - 2.30pm on Sunday 19th April, if you would like to come along.

Lots of great shots. Great story line as well. :D

A lot of SA people go to Kate and Karen from Double K herding for their workshops, which are held in Nyora. http://users.tpg.com.au/rozate/EZ%20Herding/EZCalendar.html They may be able to tell you who to contact in SA. They also go to SA on a regular basis to run clinics, where you can have a go at the sport.

Kallistar you will be interested in the first segment of last Friday's Happy Yappers. There is a good segment on Dances with Dogs at the very beginning with Kevin and Cinder. Zeph is in the last segment about 20 minutes in. But we are still learning tricks for the Oldies, so you might get us dancing yet. Below is the Link to last Friday's episode of Yappy Hour with our water training segment. It starts about 20 minutes in. http://www.c31.org.a.../episode/144771

Below is the Link to last Friday's episode of Yappy Hour with our water training segment. It starts about 20 minutes in. http://www.c31.org.au/schedule/view/episode/144771 There is also a good segment on Dances with Dogs at the beginning.

pers, he is leaving a trail just in case he gets lost. Clever boy. Or he is marking an important spot, so that he can come back later and investigate further.

OMG they are absolutely brilliant photos. I love how you have captured Arkey's dexterity. I love the last two shots where he gets the lure.

Terri I love Didi's ears. That is a great photo. :laugh: Cows I love cows, especially highland cows. Great shot MDD The colours in WA are amazing CT. The red of the earth against the blue sky is stunning. Ah Jess, always somewhere fun.

I loved having the Old Chook around. Baylee got most upset if she did not get to go for her walk when the young ones did. So I would take the younger two for their fast paced walks and then Baylee and I would do a cool down walk up to the shops and back. She was even more boisterous if she did not get to do some obedience work when I was training Dee and Zeph. You could hear her barking from the sidelines as I was praising the younger dogs. She was 11.5 years old when she passed away in November 2013, but even though she had arthritis and heart failure she was still going for walks, swimming and chasing bubbles. She would take a break to rest and have a graze during our walks, but she would never miss a chance to be out and about. Watching Dee and Zeph in the bakyard. Resting during one of our walks. Resting out the front on the day that she passed away. The weekend before she passed away, chasing bubbles with Dee and Zeph Her spirit and love of life was so very strong, but her body would not keep up. Miss you Gorgeous Girl.

denali such detail. It looks like his legs are plaited. Stunning.

Yes! ^^^ Grumpette, yes, technically waiting his/her turn :D Tay, Jess looks as though she'd like to be in Grumpette's scene ... In the water! :D Very true on both counts Ranga :D

Zeph "out of the water" was taken using my humble Samsung phone Tay, so we have both slipped. :laugh:

Thanks for the brilliant tip on the pseudo macro lens. I will definitely look into it. A question for Helen: Is the sharpness of Tilly due to a "depth of field setting" or a "focal point setting"? I am trying to work out how to blur the background to make my subject the focal point of the photo.

I like the first one Teekay. It reminds me of a leaf frozen on the surface of a pond, with the black lines representing twigs underneath the water. Zeph is too smart for me most of the time